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This is a list of Swiss universities and other higher education institutions according to the size of their student population recognized by the Federal Higher Education Act, HEdA. [ 1 ] Universities and higher education institutions by size
This list cross-references data provided by Swiss official sites Swissuniversities [7] and Akkreditierungsrat [8] with the Anabin repository—the information portal on foreign educational qualifications from the Standing Conference of the Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs Central Office for Foreign Education of Germany—where the ...
The University of Basel is the oldest institution of higher learning in Switzerland.. This list of universities in Switzerland lists all public and private higher education institutions accredited and coordinated according to the Federal Act on Funding and Coordination of the Swiss Higher Education Sector (short: Federal Higher Education Act, HEdA).
The Military Academy is an institution for the education, training and development of career officers of the Swiss Armed Forces. The scientific part of this organization is attached to the ETH Zurich, while other parts such as training and an assessment center are under the direct management of the defense sector of the Swiss Federal Government ...
OAQ – Swiss Center of Accreditation and Quality Assurance in Higher Education ZEvA – Central Evaluation- and Accreditation Agency These agencies accredit programs of study for Bachelor and master's degrees and quality management systems (system accreditation) from state or state recognized Higher Education institutions in Germany and abroad ...
École spéciale de Lausanne, 1857 Louis Rivier, founding member of École spéciale de Lausanne. The roots of modern-day EPFL can be traced back to the foundation of a private school under the name École spéciale de Lausanne in 1853 at the initiative of Louis Rivier, a graduate of the École Centrale Paris and John Gay, the then professor and rector of the Académie de Lausanne.
The Swiss Study Foundation (German "Schweizerische Studienstiftung", French "Fondation suisse d'études") is a foundation that promotes outstanding students (top 0.3%) during their undergraduate and postgraduate studies. Requirements for admission are outstanding intellectual interests and capabilities, creativity, and character.
See also the list of universities in Switzerland. Switzerland has a high rate of international students. In 2013, 16.9% of the total tertiary enrollment in Switzerland came from outside the country, a rate that is the 10th highest of the 291 countries included in the UNESCO Institute for Statistics. This rate was just higher than Austria (16.8 ...